I woke up in the morning and headed to the bathroom to prepare for my shower. Instead, I found Elena was brushing her teeth.
"Sorry." I apologized.
"No, I'm done." She told me as she spit into the sink.
"You're up early." I noted.
"The sheriff is organizing a search party for Vicki." She explained.
"But you have school." I pointed out.
"Since when do you care about school?" She questioned. "She's missing school can fuck itself."
I sighed. I really needed to talk to Stefan. He told me that he and Damon had found Vicki last night and were keeping her there. I still didn't know what kind of story I was supposed to tell. I got dressed and headed downstairs. I knew I wouldn't be going to school. I would really have to work on my grades. I managed to get up my English grade to C, but I was still failing History, which we still didn't have a teacher for, but as of right now, I had more important things to worry about. I hope this vampire stuff doesn't cause me to have to go to summer school. I headed to the boarding house and rang the bell. It was answered by Damon. Oh joy.
"Is Stefan here?" I questioned.
"Yup." Damon told me.
"Where is he?" I asked in annoyance, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Well good morning to you, Mary." He greeted me.
"How can you be such an asshole after everything you've done?" I questioned.
"How can you be such an idiot to call a vampire an asshole?" He challenged.
"You're not going to kill me." I declared confidently. "So where is Stefan?"
"He's upstairs playing the rain in Spain." Damon answered. Was he watching My Fair Lady, one of the worst movies of all time? I sighed and stepped into the house.
"Stefan?" I called upstairs. I then noticed that he was in front of me and I attacked him with my lips. "Do you know where Vicki is?"
"She's upstairs." He told me.
"We need to come up with something fast because my sister and half of the town are looking for her?' I explained. "Do you think people will believe that she's in rehab?"
"Maybe it might be something worth considering." Stefan agreed. "Right now, I need to teach some things and she still can't go out in the sun. I don't really have a solution for that at the moment, but I need to keep her here for a while."
"How long is that?" Vicki interrupted from upstairs.
"We'll talk about it later." Stefan told her.
"Vicki, how are you?" I questioned. As soon as the words left my mouth, I realized what a stupid question it was.
"I'm fucking peachy." Vicki replied.
"Do you a shower that I can use?" I asked Stefan.
So after I got out of the shower, I was in the living room with Stefan and Vicki. He gave both me and Vicki a cup of coffee.
"Coffee is our friend. It warms our bodies and the caffeine gives us energy which helps distract us from the need for blood." Stefan explained.
"But what if I want to drink human blood?" Vicki responded. I couldn't help but wonder how effective a diet of animal blood really was. It seemed like it was forcing someone to be a vegetarian.
"You're going to have to live with that urge and fight it one day at a time." Stefan told her.
"Oh, don't give me any of that 12 Steps crap." Vicki replied. "School counselor has been down that road and failed. It doesn't work for me."
I currently felt like I needed to take some of Damon's liquor.
"It can work." Stefan argued. "You just have to want it enough."
"So are you saying that you've never had human blood?" Vicki asked him. I was curious about that myself.
"It's been a long time." Stefan replied. I guess that meant that he had had it before.
"How long?" Vicki persisted. Why was she being so nosy about it?
"Years and years." Stefan declared. "The point is if I can do it, you can do it too."
I couldn't help but wonder if Stefan wanted to drink my blood. Was there a safe way for him to do that? Did I want him to do it?
"Does this sketchy feeling ever go away?" Vicki asked. "It's like I have a massive hangover and this no going in the sun thing is a bitch. I need more blood. I have to pee. Why do I have to pee? I thought I was dead."
That definitely did seem odd. Stefan directed her to the bathroom and she got up and walked away. The situation was beginning to get uncomfortable.
"I'm gonna go get her some blood." Stefan announced. How was he doing that anyway? Did he have deer carcasses hung up on his wall or something? Did I really want to know?
Less than a minute later, Vicki returned.
"False alarm." The new vampire declared. "My body is really fucked up right now, but it's a good kind of fucked."
She pretty much swore as much as I did. I then noticed her taking out her phone.
"Who are you texting?" I asked her.
"Elena." She answered nonchalantly.
"Vicki, you can't see Elena right now." I told her in frustration.
"Don't tell me that. I'm gonna see whoever I want to see." She argued.
"I don't want Elena to know that you're a vampire at this time." I explained. "She could freak out or you could hurt her?"
"I would never hurt Elena." She tried to tell me.
"We can't take that risk right now." I remarked. "You and Elena are gonna have to break up until you have it under control."
"Or what?" Vicki challenged before she grabbed me by the neck. "Listen here, Bitch, I'm done listening to you. First you say that I shouldn't be with Tyler and now you don't want me to be with Elena. I'm going to do whatever I want because I have some fun new abilities and I won't think twice about ripping your cute little head off."
She then dropped me to the floor and I took some deep breaths as I grabbed my neck. Stefan returned and I grabbed him and took him outside.
"She threatened me, Stefan and she squeezed my neck." I told him. "I think I might have whiplash."
"She's on edge." Stefan told me. "Imagine every cell in your brain working all at once. It's not easy."
"Well how much longer is she going to be like this?" I asked as I massaged my trachea.
"I don't know. It could take a while." He explained.
"Well how long did it take you?" I inquired.
"A long time, but I didn't have anyone helping me." He pointed out. "The main thing is it's hard to resist certain people right now. Every emotion in your body can blend together into hunger. It means that she can't see Elena right now."
"I need to get home." I told him. "Stefan, I can't be here right now. I'm sorry but I don't like having my neck squeezed."
I couldn't imagine that anyone did, but there were some weird kinky people out there. I walked home, glad that Jenna was in class. I wished that I had someone who could use that mind control to make people think that I was at school. I was just glad that Jenna was on campus.
That night, I needed to talk to Elena. She needed to know that Vicki was okay, but it was a bad idea for them to be together at the moment. I hoped that she wouldn't take it as homophobia because I would be perfectly okay if it was any other girl who wasn't a vampire.
"So I heard that Vicki called Matt and that she's okay." I stated.
"That's nice." Elena muttered.
"Do you want to go to this Halloween party at the school tonight?" I questioned. "It sounds like it could be really fun."
"Sure, whatever." She responded. I guess she was miserable from not seeing Vicki.
"Elena, Vicki needs to get better right now." I told her. "I mean you saw her on a wild trip yesterday. Being in a relationship with a drug addict is dangerous."
"You seemed fine with it yesterday." She pointed out. "Vicki makes me feel special. Being with her has been amazing. I don't want to let that go. I want to help her through whatever issues she has."
I realized that there was nothing that I could do as she walked upstairs to change into her costume. I decided to wear a cloak/poncho/cape/I don't know over my current outfit of a black tee and maroon leather pants. I was like a medieval thief or something. Elena came down dressed in her nurse costume from last year. We got into her car and she drove us to the school.
Once we got to the school, we came across Matt. His was dressed in scrubs.
"Hey, you went with last year's costume too." He said with a smile.
"And what are you supposed to be?" Matt asked me as Elena walked away. "What's her problem?"
"We got into a fight." I told him.
"Yeah, I almost didn't come because I got into it with Vick." He explained. "I'm gonna give her space. You can't miss her she's a vampire.
"You know I just remembered that I have to go the bathroom." I stated before I frantically exited in search of Vicki. I decided to text Stefan to let him know that she was here at the school.
I ended up finding both of them with Stefan holding onto her arm. She probably didn't like how he was treating her like a child, but she had been acting like one.
"Oh thank God." I remarked. At that moment, Matt walked over.
"What's going on?" He asked in confusion.
"I told you to quit bothering me." Vicki shouted as she broke free of Stefan's grasp. "Matty, he won't leave me alone. Get him to leave me alone."
"You need to back off." Matt replied as he got in Stefan's face. At that moment, I noticed that Vicki had run away.
"Guys, Vicki's gone." I replied. I immediately ran off to look for her, hoping that she wasn't with Elena because that would end very badly. Since Stefan said that stakes worked, I might need to find one. I ran outside to over wear the buses were parked because the door had been opened. It probably wasn't a good idea to go into creepy places, but I didn't have a choice. I had to protect my sister.
I ended up finding Elena and also Vicki who looked downright feral to be honest. She bore her teeth and had bright red eyes. I was pretty sure that Elena knew that she was a vampire at that point. I had to do something to get her away. Against my best judgment, I grabbed a 2x4 and swung it at her, only for it to break against her. Fuck. She grabbed me and threw me onto a palette of wood. I winced in pain. I was at least glad that I managed to get her attention off of Elena.
Suddenly, Stefan appeared and grabbed her. He did his best to hold her back, but she managed to elude him and get away. She disappeared and we looked around for her.
"Get inside." Stefan ordered.
I grabbed Elena's hand and headed for the door. Just before we got inside, Vicki came and bit into my neck. I screamed in pain before she suddenly stopped and I noticed that Vicki had been impaled with a piece of wood. I watched as her skin began to turn grey as she stopped moving and fell to the ground. Stefan had just killed her.
"VICKI NO!" Elena screamed in anguish as she looked at her lover's body and tears began to rain down her face. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You can't be dead."
"Stefan, get her home." I ordered. "Now!"
Stefan did as told as removed her from the scene. I waited by her body. I was pretty much in shock as well because Vicki had been one of my friends and she was dead.
Damon then arrived looking rather smug.
"You did this." I told him as he looked over her body. "This is your fault. You fucking killed her!"
"You confuse me for someone who feels remorse." Damon pointed out. I then began to repeatedly pound my fists into him. "You need to leave. You have several open wounds and it's making me very hungry."
I then walked out to the parking lot with a bit of a limp. I had Elena's keys so I could drive home.
"Whoa what happened?" Matt asked as he saw me.
"Some fucker sprayed me with blood." I lied.
"I can't find Vick." He told me.
"I haven't seen her." I lied once again. I couldn't tell him the truth. I just couldn't.
"Is this what I'm in for, a lifetime of worrying about her?" He questioned. Now I felt even worse. He walked off and I headed to the car and began to cry.
I then drove home and found Stefan outside.
"How is she?" I asked him.
"She's a wreck." Stefan replied.
I then went inside and up to her room. I needed to make sure that she was far away from sharp objects.
"Do you understand what happened?" I asked her
"No." Elena wept. "Why does everyone have to die on me? First mom and dad and now Vicki?"
"Elena, I'm still here." I told her as I gave her a hug. "You can't tell anyone what happened out there tonight."
She began to cry some more and I didn't know what to do. I was afraid of what she'd do.
"I don't know what to do Stefan." I cried as my boyfriend held me in his arms. "I feel that if I leave her alone too long, she'll slit her throat."
"I'll do anything that you want me to do." Stefan promised.
"I need you to use your mind control to make her forget what happened tonight." I replied.
"Mary, I don't know if I can do that." He told me. "Even if I could, there's no guarantee that it will stick. I don't drink human blood so compulsion doesn't really work well for me."
"I'll do it." Damon offered as he appeared suddenly.
"Really?" I questioned in disbelief.
"Yes, just tell me what you want her to know." Damon replied. I had a feeling that there was a catch, but I guess I would have to pay it.
"I want her to think that Vicki told her that she was leaving town and she won't look for her and she'll move on."
"Okay." Damon agreed as he entered the house. I looked at Stefan.
"I need some sleep." I told him. "Will you lay down with me?"
Stefan went upstairs with me to my room and I changed and got into bed. I didn't care if he would be gone by morning, but I needed him tonight.
So the chapter ends with a sweet moment between Mary and Stefan. Now that Vicki is dead, it looks like Elena is going to be with Anna. Please don;t forget to review.